Braves belt CMR, 38-9

The Daily Inter Lake

GREAT FALLS — Flathead took care of business on a trip to Great Falls on Friday, whipping C.M. Russell 38-9 at Memorial Stadium in Class AA football play.

It was the second-straight win for the fourth-ranked Braves (6-2) and their fourth in their last five games.

Senior quarterback Jaden MacNeil ran for a touchdown and passed for three more, two going to Anthony Jones and one to Blake Counts.

Counts also rushed for a score.

Counts, who needed 47 yards to break the Flathead single season rushing mark held by Lex Hilliard, which was set in 2000, finished with 203 yards on 24 attempts. He had a long of 55 yards against CMR.

Counts now has rushed for 1,541 yards.

Flathead has two games left on the regular-season schedule — versus Missoula Hellgate in Washington-Grizzly Stadium next Friday and home against fifth-ranked Helena High on Oct. 26.

Flathead 3 14 8 13 — 38

Great Falls CMR 6 3 0 0 — 9

CMR — Keegan Barnes 63 pass from Kellen Hartman (kick blocked)

F — Erik Gardner 31 field goal

CMR — Cason Taylor 37 field goal

F — Anthony Jones 18 pass from Jaden MacNeil (Gardner kick)

F — Jones 10 pass from MacNeil (Gardner kick)

F — Blake Counts 5 run (Jones run)

F — Counts 20 pass from MacNeil (kick failed)

F — MacNeil 26 run (Gardner kick)

Team Statistics

F CMR

First Downs: 20 14

Rushes-yards 40-277 23-19

Passing yards 196 343

Passes 12-20-0 21-36-1

Total yards 473 362

Fum-lost 2-2 1-1

Pen-yards 17-154 9-111

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING: Flathead, Blake Counts 24-203, Jaden MacNeil 12-88, Team 3-0, Anthony Jones 1-(-14). CMR, Bryce Nelson 5-16, Jayson Ingalls 1-13, Logan Richard 5-6, Kellen Hartman 10-(-6), Raef Newbrough 2-(-10).

PASSING: Flathead, MacNeil 12-20-0—196. CMR, Hartman 14-24-0—253, Nelson 7-11-1—90, Newbrough 0-1-0—0.

RECEIVING: Flathead, Jones 7-99, Counts 2-66, Logan Siblerud 2-25, Chance Sheldon-Allen 1-6. CMR, Tucker Greenwell 7-153, Keegan Barnes 5-110, Bryce Depping 5-47, Bryce Nelson 2-24, Tyler Baker 1-6, Jayson Ingalls 1-0.